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Andrew J. Hawkins

Andrew J. Hawkins

Transportation editor

Transportation editor

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    Robotaxis are blocking bus lanes and delaying riders in San Francisco.

    Sure, human drivers do this too. But robotaxis are supposed to be better than humans, not perpetuate our worst behaviors. Wired got dashcam footage from eight incidents of autonomous vehicles from Waymo and Cruise blocking buses in San Francisco. How much were riders delayed?

    Overall, the incidents resulted in at least 83 minutes of direct delays for Muni riders, records show.

    The end is nigh for gas-powered carsThe end is nigh for gas-powered cars
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Andrew J. Hawkins
    Ford’s EV business is picking up steam.

    The automaker expects to lose $3 billion this year on its EV sales, but the outlook is certainly improving. Ford says its EV business grew 41 percent this quarter on sales of 10,866 units. That includes 4,291 F-150 Lightning trucks and a 62.7 percent increase in E-Transit delivery vans. Sales of Mustang Mach-E was down reflecting downtime at the factory for changes designed to improve production. Ford said it’s still on track to hit a run rate of 150,000 EVs this year — hopefully without any more recalls.